Shade and drapery fixture.



J. 0. CRAWFORD.

SHADE AND DRAPERY FIXTURE.

APPLICATION man APR. 11. 191e.

L21 1999@ Patented. Jan. 2, 1917.

@Honing tonnen innnetnnnnr JAMES 0. CRAWFOR'D, OF NACQ TEXAS.

SHDE AND DRAPEBY FX'JURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April -17, 1816.

To @all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, JAMESy O. Caevvronn, a citizen ot' the United States of America, residing at Vaco, in the county of McLennan and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Shade and Drape@T Fixtures, of which the followpensive' and easy to manufacture. which is ornamental in appearence and adjustable cr the supporting reception of Window shades and curtain poles.l i

in arranging the present device, it is con-l tempiated to provide'tiired plates at opposite sides of :i Window trame to which plates the curtain supporting slides are adjusteblgT iixed While Shad braekets ere adjustably mounted upon the said plates, a unitary structure is formed for the mounting of' the shade roller and two curtain poies or rods. With these general objects in View and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the saniecon siste in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter incre fuily described, illustrated in the accompanying drawingsi and 'then ciainied.

"in tire drawings forming part ofi tniu application and in vvliicli iiie designating characters refer to correspondin parts throughout the several 'ievsz Fig-n1 i atop plan view upper corner portion of a Window fra-ine provided Witli one of the present devices partialiy broken aivar and showing; shade roiler and tivo curtain rods operatively mounted thereon. is a vertical sectional view taken upon tine lll-H of Fig. i. 'with the shade roiler ano.

the attaching screws removed. 3 i a perspective view of one of the window piates. Fig. e is perspective view oi" one of the curtain supports detached. 5 is e perspective view of une of the shade o1-act:- ets detached. Fig. 3 is a verticai sectiona'i 'View taken upon line Vi-V et 'ranged shade bracket (not Serial No. 91,686.

Fig. i' is an eniarged detail sectional view oi' the attaching end portions of one 0i tlle curtain supporting members.

it being understood that the device is provided for supporting a roller and rods forwardly of the upper portion of a Window Fatentcd Jan.. e, Mbit.

traine for suspending a shade and oraperies in advance of the Window, a portion' of the top horizontal crosspieceof a Window trame is herein iilustrated at l0 in Fig. l of the 5 drawings. A window plate il is secured upon the front side of the Window freine adjacent the opposite endsoi' the piecefl() by ineens of screws i2 extending through perforatiens i3 oi2 the said. plates. The plates il are provided with irnvardlyern tending flanges or ways le adapted for the reception of side feet i5 of a curtainsupport 1.6 of channeled formation. Each curtain support 1G is provided with a shade bracket i7 having a toot 'i8 adapted to be eiidably positionedbeneatli the outwardly bent central portion 19 thereof, the inward movement ot' the bracket foot 1S being limited by opposite ings 2O carried by the foot i8 thereof. An arm 2l of the shade bracket 17 projects outwardly at right angles to its foot i8 and to the plate il and is provided with an npivardiy opening slot 2:2 adapted to receive the metallic aXie et e shade roller 2e constructed in the usual manner, it being understood that the .oppositeiy arsleivn) Wili be t'ovided with e perforation ti'iro'ug'ii the tiiereot for journaling the opposite cylnnirical4 mile of the said roller l A Winged set screw 25 is screw-threaded throng i an opstanding boss 26 upon the curtain support er slide i6 which is adapted to engage the upper tace of the shade tout 1S for clamping the slide i6 and bracketteot i8 upon the Window plate il and with the slide ieet 15 engaging the {iangesi'r of the window plate,

2? and 28 of different ler" deiei into the tain supperie' oticsser dimensions than baars anu stantial paraliclisr 'free ends 29 and 30 respec vefj, extending horizontally inwardly of the Window and toward the oppositelg-arranged curtain. snp port. An extension nut preferably hun# ing a. rougbened exterior surface eithougii .vitl. their supporting Curved bars or goose that the the same maybe plain or otherwise ornamented if desired, is mounted upon a screwthreaded `portion 32 of each of the bar ends 29 and 30 after the manner best illustrated in Fig. 7 of the drawings. The threaded portions 32 of the bar ends are positioned inwardly of the free ends 33 of the said bars and the bars are reduced as at 34 outwardly of the screw-threaded portions 32. The bore 35 of the extension nuts 8l is closely journaled upon the ends 29 inwardly of the threads 36 of the said nuts while the hreads 36 being projectingly formed interiorly of the nuts, are adapted to engage the annular shoulder 37 formed upon ,the bar ends 33 by overturning or heading such ends after the nuts are screw-threaded thereupon. It will thus beevident that the nuts 31 are prevented from being removed from the bar ends 29 and 30 but are capable of a limited longitudinal movement thereof by reason of the aforementioned screw-threads.

lVith one of the present devices arranged `at the opposite sides of the window frame l0,

the shade bracketsl 17 and curtain supports 16 will be adjusted by means of the screws 25 the required distance apart for accommodating the shade roller 24 upon. the two shade brackets 17 of the device. A curtain supporting pole or rod 38 is provided for each oi the goose-necks 29 and 30, each being of the same length substantially equal to the distance between the opposite faces 38 of the pairs of ends 80 and 29 which are arranged in axial alinement with each other at the opposite sides of the window. Upon positioning one end of a rod 38 adjacent one of the bar ends 33, the extension nut upon such bar is turned upon the screw-threads 32 for moving the nut inwardly overlying the bar shoulder 37 and ythereby receiving and retaining the rod end as best illustrated in Fig. l of the drawings. With two rods 38 so supported by the bars 27 and 28, a curtain may be positioned over the inner rod carried by the bar ends 30 while an outer drapery may be mounted upon the rod38 which is supported by the ends 29 of the outer bars 27, a shade being arranged upon the roller 24 inwardly of the curtain when the device is in use. It will thus be seen that a readily adjustable combined shade roller bracket and curtain support is provided to which the curtain poles and shade roller may be readily attached as well as removed therefrom when desired, while the device prescnts an ornamentalappearance as wellY as possesses great utility.

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l/Vhile the form of the invention herein shown and described is what is believed to be the preferred embodiment thereof, it is nevertheless to be understood that various forms, modifications and arrangements of the parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim as new is 1. A. device of the class described, comprising a window plate having opposite inwardly projecting side anges, a curtain support comprising a slide having opposite marginal feet shiftably arranged within the said flanges and having a channeled body-portion, an angular shade bracket having a foot slidably arranged upon the said plate .within the channel of said slide, limiting lugs carried by the said foot, a set screw upon the said slide adjustably engaging the said bracket foot when the device is operatively positioned, and goose necks ot' diderent lengths outwardly projecting from the said slide, and adjustable curtain rod retaining extension nuts upon the free ends of the said goose necks.

2. in a curtain rod support, a bar having a screw-threaded portion in spaced relations with the overturned free end thereof, the said bar being reduced between the said screw-threads and its end, and an extension nut having inwardly-extending centrally arranged threads engaging the said bar threads and having one end thereof journaled upon the cylindrical portion of the bar inwardly of the screw-threaded portion.

3. A combined shade roller and curtain pole bracket comprising a plate adapted to be fixed to a window frame and having opposits slide ways, a channeled slide shiftably mounted in the said ways, an angular shade bracket having a foot portion slidably mounted upon 'the said plate within v'the channel of the said slide, a locking screw carried by said slide in engagement with the said bracket foot when the bracket and slide are in their adjusted positions, goose necks outwardly-extending from the said slide in substantial parallelism and having their free ends extending inwardly of the window frame and provided with overturned shoulders at their free ends, and extension nuts threaded upon the said goose-necks adjacent the said shoulders and having limited longitudinal movements thereon. v

in testimony whereof l afiix my signature.

JAMEso. cnawronnf 

